Tools of the gods

[Dredge]

Tools from the gods

MONTH TWO WEEK THREE

As dredge walked the fields of the growing center he looked around to inspect what was happening himself. It wasn't that he did not trust the reports given to him by his shapers, it was that he prefered to get a look at everything himself. As the worker caste all bowed to him as he blessed them with his presence he immediately dismissed them to carry on with their jobs. They had work to do and Dredge wouldn't allow them to waste time by standing around and gawking at his holy being. The former high prophet tread the path carefully over wires that seemed to run everywhere, blasted technology was what he thought to himself. In truth dredge was a classic Yuuzhan Vong and he preferred that all tech in the galaxy be destroyed or kept away from him. But in this new day and age he had to embrace it and combine the old ways with the new to create something truly great. As he walked up to the giant sack of pale green flesh and fluids he peered inside to see that the Val'Kar had grown quite a bit. It was a solid five meters tall and the Rybcourse had been doing its job of building its muscle up. They were coming along well. With that dredge walked over to his master shaper and spoke to him. "I want a full situation report, tell me how the growth is coming and if we have any complications thus far." it was a reasonable request for the shaper, he needed to know what exactly was going on with his project.

"My lord, growth patterns have been doing well. They seem to be growing at a safe rate so their bones and internal organs grow with them and not out of proportion. Life support is still needed but we plan on upgrading to larger models and tubes once they grow larger so those will need to be changed out for the creature to live. Currently wombs five and three show small signs of discoloration to the womb but all and all they are still good to go and we expect to be adding additional fluids in the next few hours to keep levels balanced. We have brought in new scientist who are believed to be some of the best zoologist, bioengineers, and other master minds this galaxy has to offer and of course they have been paid to keep silent. Over the course of the next six months we will be shaping and adjusting each individual body part to meet your standards my lord. For now we are going to have more fluids added and recycled." with that dredge nodded and awaited to see which of his men were here to help the process along.

 

[Zeek]

Laying inside of the womb the creature formally known as Zeek remained silent and dead asleep in the womb that was now his home. Inside the fluids seeped info his skin causing him to grow more and more with time. It had been a month and a half and he had gone from two meters to ten. The added mixture to the ship womb worked well with him, he was showing a good growth pattern as the shapers outside the womb were reporting. But in the creatures mind he was hollow, without thought or care all he saw was the black of night and unconsciousness. To him there were no dreams or visions of prophecies in his head. Only the bidding of his master and the loss of sentience from the surge coral coursing through his brain coating it and making him an obedient slave for them. However growth had been alien for him as of late, the fluids inside the womb needed replenishing due to him absorbing the life giving fluids. Like a carbonated beverage being left open for too long the fluids became more and more flat and less effective to him. They would need to be replaced by the workers in the outside world. Twitching slightly in the womb Zeek's foot kicked slightly showing signs of life still. The life support system as well would soon needed to be replaced by a larger model. He would need bigger tubes for his lungs. Soon he would emerge with his kin and be the monsters that would haunt the people's nightmares of this galaxy. From the inside of the womb it was still spacious and plenty of room but in the following months it would not be as luxurious to the creatures that it was now. Not that it mattered to the monsters they were all passed.

"You think this is worth it? All this work for a few monsters?" Zeek's ear subconsciously picked up and twitched as voices flooded in from outside the womb. "We are going to have to shave the massive thing again then go in to add more surge coral before the fluids are refreshed. Not to mention we need to begin the shapping process of adding light saber resistant scales to its body. We need to start now so it can grow into it rather than doing it while it's grown." as the voice continued to echo through the hull of the womb Zeek twitched again as a team of droids were sent into the wombs to begin the process of shaving the beasts so the replenished fluids would still soak better. With buzzers in hand and needle in the other the droids began the shaving of the beast before the fluids were drained. All Zeek felt was nothing, no pain, no anguish from the humiliation of losing his coat. He oh felt the buzzers clip the fur off of him inside the womb. Taking the needle they slowly jammed it into his skul to cost his larger brain with more surge coral to keep him an obedient slave to the horde. The yammosk kept him under and asleep as the droids finished their jobs and pulled out of the womb to wait until they were needed once more.

 

[Break]

Break worked tirelessly computing and working on the precise mixture for the next step, time was running out but he was close his numbers were nearly finished. The droid had little to distract him at the moment. days had passed since he began and he was finally close to the fruit of his labor.
His hand quickened as he wrote. "Finished!" he entered in the numbers into the computer letting the droids know the ratio for the powder and fluid.
He contacted @[member="Supreme Overlord Dredge"] immediately over his Comm "The figures have been turned in and the process of scaling the creature has begun." he stated proudly

"What are your next orders sir?"

He looked to Zeek's vital signs
SUBJECT: TITAN 1
BRAIN ACTIVITY: NORMAL/LOW

HEART FUNCITONS: STABLE

RESPIRATORY SYSTEM: OFFLINE

TISSUE GROWTH: SATISFACTORY

"everything checks out once again..." he sighed with relief as he slumped in his chair.

 

[Zrs'fes]

What were those creatures? How were they grown? What was their purpose? Those things and many more would be answered today. The scientist, who mainly focused on Biology and Technology, was very curious as to what these things were and he wanted to get as much information about them as possible, for personal reasons of course. He would maybe one day make Monsters like theses by himself? Who knew? Maybe he would even be able to make them soon? Or maybe he would be able to improve the current ones in some way?

When the question about recycling the fluids came up, Zrs was one of the first to want to do it. He wanted to see what those things were suspended in, what they were growing in. It would certainly be very resourceful to him and it would certainly help his research in making his own perfect killing machines. Who knew, maybe he would even get to trade information and resources with these new people, the Yuuzhan Vong, as they called themselves. He moved to the point where he was supposed to let out the tanks. He ordered a couple Yuuzhan Vong to carry the tubes for him, since his fragile frame would not be able to carry such heavy objects, and ordered them to attach a couple of them on top of the massive biological container. He also ordered them to attach a couple of them at the bottom of the biological container, to suck the fluids out and let new fluids in at the same time. Otherwise the container would probably explode from all the pressure that would build up inside the container if the fluids were to be added without the old ones getting flushed out.

 

[Dredge]

With that Dredge stood with break and smiled. "I thank you for being here Break, your machines have been detrimental to the development of these beasts. Once they are ready we will surly bring fire to this galaxy, I want you to task you with something however. The beasts will need shaving every few weeks to upkeep with the fluids. Now that being said we have a few of your slicer droids modified to do the job. But I need you to keep monitoring life signs, growth development and among that the ratio of the fluids to keep them from becoming unbalanced and corrosive to the monster and the womb itself. So this means I need you or a crew stationed here with access to you at all times. I understand you share a home here with star and I respect that. But you will be on call for the next five months." Giving Break his instructions he turned to the small alien scientist who was in charge of refilling and motoring tanks and other things of that nature. "You scientist, come here for I have a gift for you. The payment for your job and the tool you will need to get it done." smiling the overlord waved his hand and a few worker caste came to them holding three things. A small stump from a tree, a clever, and an eight digit Yuuzhan Vong shaping hand. "You will be in charge of placing the scales on my war beasts." with that dredge smiled and laughed slightly as the block of wood was dropped to the ground in front of the small alien.

MONTH THREE WEEK ONE

With that nasty business concluded the Yuuzhan Vong were in full swing developing these monsters. There had been a few hiccups in the last month but that would all be assessed in the report the shaping teams had ready for the overlord. As a smaller worker caste came up to the overlord he bowed his head and began to read from the list "On with it my son." Dredge said to the boy before he could read. "Yes my lord!" he said with almost a hint of fear knowing full well what dredge was capable of. "We have lost Titan Seven your holiness!" with that the small alien bowed down and hoped dredge wouldn't kill him for the bad news. "The monster began to choke in its sleep from the tubes and tore the side of the womb spilling the fluids. Shortly after it died my grace." with that there was a hiccup in the plan there was always room for human error or Yuuzhan Vong error in the development of these beasts. Premature births or any accident could kill the sleeping giants. "That is unfortunate my son, we will move on as scheduled. Feed the beasts with its carcass." dredge said to his worker as he quickly scurried off to be with his team. Turning to his fellow horde members and hired hands he spoke to them in a addressing tone of voice. "Break, I need the growth for this month. Last month they were pushing fifteen meters. Shapers tell me they should be pushing thirty to fourty, get me my height and weight along with muscle development and we will be good. As for you my small doctor I need you to lead a team of my shapers to begin scaling the beasts so they will be more resistant to damage. Now get it done, my patience only goes so far."

Once dredge had finished his speech he walked over to Titan One's pod and ran his fingers against the warm flesh of the womb. Everything was going to plan besides the death of a monster. But such things were expected when dealing with these creatures. This had not been done yet and it would take time to develop and study them. @[member="Break"] @[member="Zrs'fes"]

 

[Break]

Break sat at his station, while sleep was something he didnt need being home was something he craved he missed being around star and it showed. Not in a bad way, quite the opposite in fact. It drove him to work faster and be more precise. The faster this was over the faster he could go home and be with her.
He crunched numbers day and night. In his spare time he had modified cutter droids to work as sheering droids for his work, cutting the matted hair of the beasts and allowing the workers to set the scale DNA and allow the Titans to absorb the nutrients of the fluids they were in.
His numbers had done their job so far but the creatures were still not the correct size that @[member="Supreme Overlord Dredge"] desired. He racked his brain thinking of what was wrong...what was their control? What were the beasts exposed to the first time the syrum was introduced? It was then he noticed. "External stimuli!" he exclaimed. That was the answer the entire first month there was heavy movement and people were beginning to fall stagnant as the beasts became more docile in the wombs.
slowly he began to think of a way to make things work without causing too much of a ruckus. He found his answer again war drums. He would have war drums played each day as more powder was added this would make things more stimulating for the fetus inside the womb and probably increase growth. If not then oh well nothing harmed.

again he turned in his paper and informed his workers of the needed amount of the material for the next fluid change.

He turned again to his computer and looked at his favorite subject Titan 1 this one was resilient and the most promising of all the subjects
He had updated his chart since the first time to mark growth patterns and weight as he would track the expansion of the creatures body.
SUBJECT: TITAN 1
BRAIN ACTIVITY: LOW

HEART FUNCITONS: STABLE

RESPIRATORY SYSTEM: OFFLINE

TISSUE GROWTH: SATISFACTORY

WEIGHT: 1273 TONS

HEIGHT: 40 METERS.

sigh* the droid didnt know if the numbers would be enough to appease his master however he would probably be pleased if his theory of external stimuli would increase growth of the subjects "My lord all subjects are at satisfactory growth and size, the rest is up to the subjects will to live. I will begin the shaving and begin the solvent process immedaiately."

@[member="Supreme Overlord Dredge"] @[member="Zrs'fes"]

 

[Dredge]

"Do as the machine commands." once the orders came down from break, Dredge stepped forward and looked to his team of shapers above TITAN ONE's womb. They were all dressed in scuba gear and would commence the reshaping of their skin into hardened scales with their infamous shaping hands. They were going to re work the the flesh and create something that would stand up to the sabers that comprised of most of this galaxies fighters. The shapers jumped into the tanks and began the long argues process of changing and morphing the skins of the beasts into that of a more reptilian nature. The scales were beginning to form on the creatures chests as the shapers worked as fast as they could, covering a fourth meter monster with scales was not an easy task for the Yuuzhan Vong. As the skin. Began to crack and harden the monsters flesh began to raise slightly due to the new nature of its skin. "Be sure to coat every part of its body except the back, we need the thicker hair to act as a shield for its back side." as shapers continued their work on the beast Dredge walked over to the control panels to let his crews continue to work. They had to coat a monster and make sure it stayed protected he did not want to interfere with their holy work so he would find the person who would give nim a projected time till completion

"Status report." he said to the smaller more Novice shaper who was given the paper work by his bosses gave him to do. "Yes my lord!" bowing before his overlord he began to speak to the man. "Reshaping of the scales will take fourteen hours for all the beasts. But the scales should roughly take one to three weeks to develop and harden into their fully grown selves. Basically my lord the scales will be ready soon and everything is going to plan." sighing afterwards winded dredge simply nodded to his young shaper then sent him away to go and continue his paperwork for the horde

 

[Zeek]

As the scales began to slowly coat the body of the monster they formed and remained soft and squishy due to the fact they had just been created by the shaping team and they were brand new. The scales on the wolf like creatures skin would eventually harden and coat his body completely from head to toe in anywhere that fur was not left behind, they were designed to be hard enough to resist prolonged use against a light saber and all but small arms blaster and RPG proof due to the sheer size of them and thickness of the creature itself. The scales almost resembled that of a Zillo beast in the sense of big they were as well as how much they stood up damage. However the Zillo beast scales were completely resistant to light sabers while these would only hold for so long against the heat of the blade. As Zeek or now known as Titan One twitched and rested in his pod others were not so lucky and as accepting to the treatment as he. The death of subject five would occur as the scales were rejected by the body and eventually killed it. Zeek had no knowledge of what was going on in the outside world but for now all that mattered was the howling darkness that he was inside of and how he could best serve his masters. The Coral in his mind limited his thoughts to that of only the base needs of a life form, eat, sleep, and live. With those he still had no free will and the Yammosk had control, but the beast projected a solid three weeks for the scales to be fully accepted and developed into the creatures biology as a full fledged piece of its body @[member="Break"]

 

[Dredge]

MONTH FOUR WEEK TWO

Walking back into the green fields of the growth facility the monsters the supreme overlord was here to check on the growth, he had been gone for a bit and his arm was in a sling from injury he had sustained during a deployment. "Status report!" He yelled out to his master shapers. He needed to check up on things to make sure everything was going as planned. They had already lost three of the eight monsters they had started with. But they were getting close, they were only two months away from completion and it would be time to birth and begin the process of destroying the worlds one by one. As a team of shapers ran up to their lord once more they began the process of explaining the growth process. The master shaper stood up and began to speak "Growth is still looking good my lord, Lord Commander Break is still monitoring the life signs and he should be along shortly to begin the diagnostics on the beasts and Titan One." The overlord was honestly growing tired of the process here, it was fairly simple. It was a take and bake process and he was impatient. Now that the horde was one of the major powers in the galaxy they needed these beasts so they could be taken seriously.

The process was growing tedious and soon they would be through with it. The ship wombs housing the creatures were showing clear signs of discoloration from the added chemicals to the mix. The bath in which the monsters soaked in was becoming more and more acidic to the womb. More than likely the wombs themselves would be rendered unfit for further service and would have to be destroyed the rybcourse and growing powder was taking its toll on the wombs clearly so something needed to be done before the wombs were to be destroyed while the creatures were still inside of them. Grabbing a communication creature dredge hailed one of his commanders to see if they could get a additional shaping team up here to reinforce the wombs. They would need the additional support if they were to survive the process. "Commander Savan get me a team up here to start repairing these wombs, they look like they are about die." And he was right the mixture inside the womb was killing the wombs and if they didn't act soon the wombs would die along with the creatures "Lord Break, give us the stats on the vitals and surge coral. Also commission your cut droids to give them their last shave." The creatures would roughly be sixty meters by now but he wanted to know exactly @[member="Circe Savan"] @[member="Break"]

 

[Break]

Break worked slowly on his papers, the long and repetitive nights were starting to take its toll on the droid. He had resorted to staying in his lab rather than returning home.

SUBJECT: TITAN 1
BRAIN ACTIVITY: LOW

HEART FUNCITONS: STABLE

RESPIRATORY SYSTEM: OFFLINE

TISSUE GROWTH: SATISFACTORY

WEIGHT: 1400 TONS

HEIGHT: 60 METERS.

"My Lord all signs of life are healthy and on track...all workers are to start the daily war drums to simulate external stimuli!"

Break turned in his paper then slowly activated his Cut droids to go into the acidic womb each shaving destroyed each set of droids meaning Break was also left to repair them which kept him even more busy. His time was being filled with devotion to the Horde and he had no problem with that.

@[member="Supreme Overlord Dredge"] @[member="Zeek"]